"Promises Treatment Centers welcomes trauma specialist Christine Courtois, PhD, ABPP, as its National Clinical Trauma Consultant. In this role, Dr. Courtois will enhance the ability of Promises’ treatment team to deliver clinically sophisticated, trauma-informed care.
Dr. Courtois is a leading authority in the treatment of trauma, having worked in this area for over 30 years. She specializes in the treatment of complex trauma, or experiences that are deliberately caused by other people such as abuse, violence or exploitation. She has published three books on this topic in the last several years, most recently, Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Scientific Foundations and Therapeutic Models (2013), Treating Complex Trauma: A Sequenced, Relationship-based Approach (2013), and Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders: An Evidence-based Guide (2009). Her original book, Healing the Incest Wound: Adult Survivors in Therapy, first published in 1988, was extensively revised and updated in 2010. Her next book, due early next year, is on the topic of trauma and spirituality...."
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